The 2Pac hologram paves the way for ‘Pac’s Greatest Hits album to land back on the charts for the first time since 2000…
There’s definitely power and lasting impact behind the 2Pac hologram at the Coachella music festival on Sunday (April 15).
That’s because Billboard Biz is reporting that 2Pac’s Greatest Hits album
has re-entered the Billboard 200 chart for the first time since 2000,
as it moved to No. 129 with 4,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen
SoundScan. That’s a gain of a whopping 571% over the previous week. The
legendary MC, who was tragically murdered back in 1996, also saw gains
on classic albums like All Eyez On Me (2,000; up 95%) and Me Against the World
(1,000; up 53%). The boost in album sales even had a trickle down
effect on songs like “California Love,” and “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted,”
which both seen gains in sales as well.
There’s no doubting the fanfare that the 2Pac hologram received a few
weeks back, appearing on stage alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. The
virtual ’Pac’s popularity even sparked net rumors of Dre, Snoop and the
2Pac hologram heading out on tour.
However, Dre strongly refuted any such idea, commenting that the virtual ’Pac was only for Coachella.
“As you know, we had a hologram of Tupac Shakur show up as a part of
our show, and I want to thank a couple of companies out there that made
my idea come to life,” the West Coast pioneer began in a message to his
fans, posted on the YouTube page of Interscope Records, where he is
signed. “I wanna say what’s up to AV Concepts, who actually projected
the hologram; I wanna say what’s up to Digital Domain for actually
putting the image together—they did an incredible job and everybody out
there loved it.
“It was strictly for Coachella—get it right,” Dre added. “I wanna get
rid of all the rumors out there…this was not done for a tour. If a tour
happens? We’ll see. This was done strictly for Coachella 2012, baby.
Just for you.”
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